The Supreme Court on Thursday gave continuation to its interlocutory interim order not to take action against ‘No Not Again’ campaigners.

A joint bench of Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Susma Lata Mathema decided to continue with the interlocutory order in the second hearing of the case filed by advocate Dinesh Tripathi naming the Election Commission as the defendant.

Responding to the litigation, a single bench of Justice Hari Prasad Phuyal on Sunday issued interlocutory order.

The commission on October 25 had issued a statement warning the campaign to remove social media posts containing photographs of prominent leaders and take down the campaign’s Facebook page or face a five-year jail and Rs 100,000 fine as per Article 47 of the Electronic Transaction Act.

On October 31, senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi had moved the apex court and filed a writ petition against the commission’s diktat.

The commission’s statement had come following posts on social media including various Facebook groups and pages and on Twitter with the primary theme, “No, Not Again,” calling on voters to reject certain politicians in the upcoming elections, particularly those who have become prime minister at least once.

In the posts, the groups targeted mainly veteran politicians including incumbent Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Puspa Kamal Dahal, CPN (Unified Socialist) chief Madhav Kumar Nepal and the party’s senior leader former prime minister Jhalanath Khanal; and Nepal Samajbadi Party chief and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, who is not contesting the upcoming elections.